Membership Growing As Episcopal Address Urges Tolerance
Saratoga Springs May 2 The quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opens with election of a new conference secretary. The bishops report membership gains of 300 000 to 400 000 every four years. The address urges tolerance amid war, supports organic union with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, condemns child labor Mormon growth Sabbath repeal and liquor traffic.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph H. Hingeley
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal
Board of Bishops
John W. Hamilton
Boston
Minneapolis
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
South
Bi-Centennial Convention Speakers Planned Across Texas
Plans to send speakers to conventions statewide to promote the Texas Bi Centennial and Pan American Exposition were finalized. Delegations will visit Corpus Christi Comfort and San Antonio while celluloid badges arrive for distribution. An executive meeting set bonds campaign for 750000 and petitions, with S B Weller and Harry S Miller leading efforts.
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Carlos Bee
Travelers’ Protective Association
Corpus Christi
Hermann Sons
Retail Merchants
San Antonio
Bedell Building
S. B. Weller
Harry Smiller
Dave Harrell
Austin
Association
William E. Cass
Boosters
Washington
Ferguson
State Department
Harrell
State records eight months of Texas work injury data
For the first eight months of the current fiscal year from September 1, 1916, 20 974 accidents were reported to the State Industrial Accident Board. Sixty three were fatal. Ten thousand five hundred sixty four claims were filed. Insurance companies paid 252 547 25 in compensation plus 66 272 54 in medical expenditures totaling 319 118 32 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
State Industrial Accident Board
Hadley portrait dispute recounted in deposition
The deposition details Herbert S. Hadley former Missouri governor sat for two months for a portrait by Samantha L. Huntley. The case in Chicago seeks payment after a verdict of 900 dollars was overturned for a new trial. The witness recalls comments on the lower lip and a blue polka dot tie versus a green tie.
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Chicago
Herberts. Hadley
Missouri
Samantha L. Huntley
Jefferson City
Huntley
Sargent
Colonel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Army Orders and Officer Transfers Planned Across Posts
Army orders list Captain Dana T Merrill to Fort Sill Oklahoma then Camp Douglas Wisconsin for duty. Several officers transfer among Infantry and Artillery units. Leaves of absence granted for multiple officers and resignations accepted for Charles Powers. Major Lewis and Major Johnson placed on detachments or reassigned. Steever to Plattsburg and Olmstead listed as unassigned.
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Dana T. Merrill
Tenth Infantry
Fort Sill
Okla
Camp Douglas
Wis
Henry 8S. Wygant
Eldred D. Warfield
Twenty-first Infantry
Fourteenth Infantry
Luke B. Peck
Medical Reserve Corps
Charles A. Powers
Larry R. M'Afpee
Medicalorps
Fort Riley
Kan
M’afef
Canal Zone
Earnest R. Gentry
Medical Corps
Donald M. Brer
Fied! Artillery
Edson A. Lewis
Sixth Infantry
Arthur Johnson
Infantry
Edward L. Anderson
Cavalry
Edgar Z. Steever
Eleventh Infantry
Plattesburg Barracks
New York
Mn.es
Third Field Artillery
Fort Myers
Dawson Olmstead
Seven Cave
Drummers Plan State Wide Baggage Commutation Books
Twenty two Texas railroads begin selling $20 commutation books Monday under a January 3 1916 Texas Railroad Commission order. The books in script form cover intra state baggage travels and are accepted by all member lines but not for inter state luggage. The first city ticket office started sales this morning.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Firsty City
Mann Assumes Command of Second Brigade at Laredo
Brigadier General William A. Mann has arrived from Fort Sill and taken command of the Second Brigade in Laredo. He succeeds Brigadier General Robert K. Evans, recently reassigned to Hawaii. Mann, a West Point graduate of 1875, previously served on the general staff. His arrival appears to have prompted a change in target practice orders, with four companies of the Ninth Infantry and two troops of the Fourteenth Cavalry remaining at Fort McIntosh for training.
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William A. Mann
Laredo
Fort Sill
Robert K. Evans
Department of Hawaii
General Mann
General Staff
Pennsylvania
West Point
Ninth Infantry
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort Mciintosh
Grove's General Tonic Ad Claims Quinine and Iron Benefits
An advertisement for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic promotes it as a general tonic containing quinine and iron. The 50 cent price is listed as the cost.
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Grove
Taxes Due San Antonio 1915 Notice
Taxpayers are warned taxes for fiscal year 1915 to San Antonio are due now. Delinquent after May 31 with accruing interest and penalties. J F Garland Commissioner of Taxation urges prompt payment. Also a paid advertisement block follows with travel ads.
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San Antonio
J. F. Garland
Ben Greet Players Set for Open Air Shakespeare in San Antonio
San Antonio marks Shake speare tercentenary with Ben Greet Woodland Players presenting As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing at Glen Marie, Oakland and Fifth streets. Elsie Herndon Hearns leads Rosalind and Beatrice. If rain, performances move to Majestic Theater.
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Glen Marie-Trenton & Oakland Sts
Majestic Theater
San Antonio
Ben Greet Woodland Players
Glen Marie
Oakland
Fifth Streets
Lane Taylor
Grand Opera House
Fischer
Elsie Herndon Hearns
Rosalind
Beatrice
Ben Greet
Greeks Rally Liberals in Saloniki Demanding Venizelos Policy
A large crowd gathered at Saloniki for the first mass meeting of the Greek Liberal party since Allied troops arrived. Liberal speakers urged Greece to revert to Venizelos policies and join the war with Serbia and its allies, drawing cheers for France and England.
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Paris
Saloniki
Havas
France
England
Greece
Venizelos
Serbia
Sunday 60 Cent Sutherlana Springs Return Fare
A weekly round trip priced at 60 cents for travel to Sutherlana Springs and back, available every Sunday with service at 7 55 am.
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Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
Sutberland Springs
Sutherlana Springs
Southern Baptist Convention In Asheville Travel Deal
A travel note mentions the Southern Baptist Convention in Asheville with a $39.90 rate. The dates include May 14 15 16 and a sleeper through May 15, referencing Southern Pacific transportation.
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Cc. V
Reunion
Birmingham
Southern Pacific
U. S. V. Reunion
Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
Sleeper
Uncle Sam Oil Company Seeks Investors in Illinois to Oklahoma
An advertising notice promotes The Uncle Sam Oil Company as a growing independent, claiming 19 wells and a pipeline network across Oklahoma and Kansas. It markets stock at six mills per share, pledges daily production growth toward 5 000 to 10 000 barrels and highlights large land holdings, multiple districts, and a centralized check and voucher system for investor payments.
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America
Middle West
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Pioneer
Kansas
Oklahoma
Union
Real People's Company
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Texas
Red Fork
Tulsa
Opera
Red Ford
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Oj
Cushing
Layton
Rica
Aphypiowan
Royal
Uncle Sam Dil
Checl
Uncle Sam Oi
Y W C A Pool to Open with Swimming Contest
Expert women swimmers will be invited to a May 9 opening of the YWCA pool with a swimming contest and water sport program. Miss Edith Jimison will close the gym and inaugurate the full summer schedule featuring Australian crawl breast stroke side stroke back stroke dives and novelty races with emblems awarded to group winners.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Edith Jimison
Tucker Jr. President Seeks Plain Name and Address
A formal notice requests the name and address plainly for correspondence. The document is signed by H. H. Tucker Jr., President, and directs letters to be addressed to the company.
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H. H. Tucker JR
Corpus Christi Population Tally Rises By Ten Thousand
Nueces county school census shows 9151 eligible children. Corpus Christi furnishes 5075 of them and, using a five residents per child ratio, estimates a city population around 25,000, up 10,000 since 1910.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Nueces County
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Frank Keenan
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Quartette Nettie Decoursey
Mary Pickford
the Woman’s Law
Florence Reed
Pathe Weekly
Charlo
Charlie Chaplin
Carmen
Chaplin
Vibe and
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Walker
Thos. Goggan & Bros. Music Store
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Woodland
Evans
Famous Company
Circle Tours
Galveston
San Jacinto
Concho
Mallory Line
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Y. W. C. A. Pool
The
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Kansas City, Kansas
Corpus Christi Growing
GEO. A. Dickel & Co., Distillers
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Waco
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